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May 2012

05/15/2012

Cheyne Bird in our Adelaide, Australia office brought this technical solution to my attention and I thought I'd pass it along here.

A little bit of background might be useful. First off, this tech solution won't be of any use to you unless you have Revit on subscription. Secondly, this tech solution specifically works with the Frame Generator extension that you can download and install from your Autodesk Subscription site - it is found in the "Product Enhancements" section and is part of the "Revit Extensions"

As is defined by the associated help file, "The Frame generator extension is used for quick defining of simple 3D models of one-bay or multi-bay halls. It includes the load definition, carrying out calculations, designing steel bars and generating documentation for the calculated structure." All in all, a pretty nice extension!

The potential issue arises when you need to generate framing with a structural shape that doesn't already exist in the available frame database. This might not ever be an issue for you, but if it is, now we have an opportunity to understand how to customize the cross section shape database to get your custom forms into the software.

Please understand that this involves editing XML tables and you will REALLY want to make sure you have backups of all the associated files just in case you get a comma, bracket, or decimal point in the wrong place and inadvertently corrupt the database.

05/10/2012

Did you get a chance to attend our Know It. All. event last week? If you were there, were you able to attend all of the sessions you wanted? If you signed up and were not able to attend, did you know that you are still able to view all of the sessions on demand now? Click here to head over to the virtual event site, fill in your login and password, and have at it!

Did you know that even if you did not sign up for the event, you can still view all of the session recordings on demand?

Registration is still required, but once you're in, everything is there for you! The site will only be up for a little under 90 days (technically, 90 days after the event occurred last week), so don't dawdle.